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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Nicaragua to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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